
In a Defiant Stance
The Conditions of Law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish Comparison, and the Coming of the American Revolution
John P. Reid
In a Defiant Stance
The Conditions of Law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish Comparison, and the Coming of the American Revolution
John P. Reid
The minimum of violence accompanying the success of the American Revolution resulted in large part, argues this book, from the conditions of law the British allowed in the American colonies. By contrast, Ireland's struggle for independence was prolonged, bloody, and bitter largely because of the repressive conditions of law imposed by Britain.
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